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DeusExMe · 07-11-2007, 10:08 PM

Wow... I just spent quite a few minutes collecting most of my free Classics for the registration of my newly acquired Sony Reader. Checking out with 46 of them in my cart there was a sudden and unexpected error. It was something to with digital rights. (My wits were not about me to write the number down).

The results were definite and they were extreme. Not a single one of the forty six books downloaded, however their total was removed from my 50 classics limit. So that now, according to Connect I have four more classics total which I can download even though I was never given even one.

I did write Sony Connect's customer service. I would have called but did not find a number available.

Has anyone else run into this?

RWood · 07-11-2007, 10:13 PM

DeusExMe you are not the first. All is not lost. Sony CONNECT seems to burp at times with multiple downloads. All that I have heard about seem to be able to go back into their account at Sony and download the books again (er, for the first time.) I changed computers and had no problem downloading all of my titles again.

Dr. Drib · 07-11-2007, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DeusExMe

Wow... I just spent quite a few minutes collecting most of my free Classics for the registration of my newly acquired Sony Reader. Checking out with 46 of them in my cart there was a sudden and unexpected error. It was something to with digital rights. (My wits were not about me to write the number down).

The results were definite and they were extreme. Not a single one of the forty six books downloaded, however their total was removed from my 50 classics limit. So that now, according to Connect I have four more classics total which I can download even though I was never given even one.

I did write Sony Connect's customer service. I would have called but did not find a number available.

Has anyone else run into this?

...waiting for you to download again. (This has happened to me before.)

Connect keeps a running list of all the books you've bought. If the books are indeed there, all you have to do is download them again.

I hope this helps.

Don

DailyPlanet · 07-12-2007, 01:22 AM

E, I wish you had asked me. I could have told you this before you got stressed. Just go to Ebook Store in Connect then click My Account in the top right side of the page. Go to View and download all purchased books. you may have to download each separately.

-DailyPlanet

kacir · 07-12-2007, 03:58 AM

Hi. DeusExMe

Why do you wish to purchase "e-Book classics" from the Connect store?

You can download those books from numerous other legitimate sources and format them yourself to your taste.
Just give it a try.

Load a "classics" book from Project Guttenberg or other site into a word processor. (like MSWord, OpenOffice.org WordPerfect or whatever) Use one of macros featured on this site (Example link) to remove hard line breaks inside paragraphs. I personally remove unwanted line breaks using Regular expresions in Vim text editor but that is far too complicated to explain here.

Now select all text and:
- set page margins to 0.01 - you want to use ALL of your new, beutifull electrophrenetic e-ink display to display the text
- set font to Arial (or Helvetica or any other sans serif font (because the Reader will use its built-in font anyway)),
- set size of font to 16,
- set format -> paragraph -> first line intent to your taste (for example 0.5 cm),
- set format -> paragraph -> "space after paragraph" to your taste (for example 6 points)
Please note that once you find your favourite formatting you can record a macro that will do all this with a single click of a button. This way you can save $1.99 on "Connect e-Book classics" just by clicking a button ;-)

Save the file in rtf format, load it into the reader and read several dozens of pages.
Open the file again in word processor and try to experiment with the fonts and layout so it exactly suits your taste. Tastes wary greatly. There are people that find books formated from Connect store tolerable, good enough, or even great ;-)

JSWolf · 07-12-2007, 11:48 AM

kacir, DeausExme is using his credit to purchase these is the reason.

DeusExMe · 07-12-2007, 03:56 PM

Thanks all. Last night after I posted I figured out about the book list being under my account. I did not check to see that all 46 were present, however, I suspect that they are.

Daily, I was trying to talk to you on Google Talk last night, but something odd was happening, which would not allow me to type in the chat field.

Is there an easy way to distinguish public domain books which you download from those which you purchase from Sony?

Kacir, thanks for the tips about formatting. I have wanted to try and format something, but have not yet taken the step.

HarryT · 07-13-2007, 03:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeusExMe

Is there an easy way to distinguish public domain books which you download from those which you purchase from Sony?

You mean as far as the actual files go? Files you download from Connect will have a ".LRX" extension. Those you create yourself or download here will have a ".LRF" extension.

07-11-2007, 10:08 PM	#1
DeusExMe Kingdom Agent Posts: 22 Karma: 24 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Springfield, VT Device: Amazon Kindle	Clasic -less Wow... I just spent quite a few minutes collecting most of my free Classics for the registration of my newly acquired Sony Reader. Checking out with 46 of them in my cart there was a sudden and unexpected error. It was something to with digital rights. (My wits were not about me to write the number down). The results were definite and they were extreme. Not a single one of the forty six books downloaded, however their total was removed from my 50 classics limit. So that now, according to Connect I have four more classics total which I can download even though I was never given even one. I did write Sony Connect's customer service. I would have called but did not find a number available. Has anyone else run into this?

07-11-2007, 10:13 PM	#2
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	DeusExMe you are not the first. All is not lost. Sony CONNECT seems to burp at times with multiple downloads. All that I have heard about seem to be able to go back into their account at Sony and download the books again (er, for the first time.) I changed computers and had no problem downloading all of my titles again.

07-12-2007, 01:22 AM	#4
DailyPlanet This world is not my home Posts: 31 Karma: 485498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Massachusetts Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Oasis 2	E, I wish you had asked me. I could have told you this before you got stressed. Just go to Ebook Store in Connect then click My Account in the top right side of the page. Go to View and download all purchased books. you may have to download each separately. -DailyPlanet

07-12-2007, 03:58 AM	#5
kacir Wizard Posts: 3,463 Karma: 10684861 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PocketBook 360, before it was Sony Reader, cassiopeia A-20	Hi. DeusExMe Why do you wish to purchase "e-Book classics" from the Connect store? You can download those books from numerous other legitimate sources and format them yourself to your taste. Just give it a try. Load a "classics" book from Project Guttenberg or other site into a word processor. (like MSWord, OpenOffice.org WordPerfect or whatever) Use one of macros featured on this site (Example link) to remove hard line breaks inside paragraphs. I personally remove unwanted line breaks using Regular expresions in Vim text editor but that is far too complicated to explain here. Now select all text and: - set page margins to 0.01 - you want to use ALL of your new, beutifull electrophrenetic e-ink display to display the text - set font to Arial (or Helvetica or any other sans serif font (because the Reader will use its built-in font anyway)), - set size of font to 16, - set format -> paragraph -> first line intent to your taste (for example 0.5 cm), - set format -> paragraph -> "space after paragraph" to your taste (for example 6 points) Please note that once you find your favourite formatting you can record a macro that will do all this with a single click of a button. This way you can save $1.99 on "Connect e-Book classics" just by clicking a button ;-) Save the file in rtf format, load it into the reader and read several dozens of pages. Open the file again in word processor and try to experiment with the fonts and layout so it exactly suits your taste. Tastes wary greatly. There are people that find books formated from Connect store tolerable, good enough, or even great ;-)

07-12-2007, 11:48 AM	#6
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,456 Karma: 150249609 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	kacir, DeausExme is using his credit to purchase these is the reason.

07-12-2007, 03:56 PM	#7
DeusExMe Kingdom Agent Posts: 22 Karma: 24 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Springfield, VT Device: Amazon Kindle	Thanks all. Last night after I posted I figured out about the book list being under my account. I did not check to see that all 46 were present, however, I suspect that they are. Daily, I was trying to talk to you on Google Talk last night, but something odd was happening, which would not allow me to type in the chat field. Is there an easy way to distinguish public domain books which you download from those which you purchase from Sony? Kacir, thanks for the tips about formatting. I have wanted to try and format something, but have not yet taken the step.

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